Unidentified Sea Slug

June 17, 2001
From: Fredy J. Brauchli

Hello Bill
Once again I spent some time in the Visayas region and I'm happy because I found some sea slugs never seen before. One of them I cannot identify. Can you help me? This nudibranch I've seen on the west coast of Cebu Island (Philippines). Attached the image.

Thanks very much and kind regards from Switzerland
Fredy

brauchli@subaqua.ch

Brauchli, F.J., 2001 (Jun 17) Unidentified Sea Slug. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4526

Dear Fredy,
I think this is not a nudibranch but rather a Sea Anemone with its feeding tentacles partly retracted. One other animal that came to mind was a benthic ctenophore but I don't think so.

I'm afraid that sometimes it is a bit hard to identify an animal from a single photo, especially when they are not sitting in a 'typical' pose. I don't know of a sea anemone with this colour pattern but I cna't think what else it could be. Perhaps someone will recognise it.
best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, w.B., 2001 (Jun 17). Comment on Unidentified Sea Slug by Fredy J. Brauchli. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4526

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